For a color rough, Doug typically xeroxes the final pencil rough and then applies aniline dyes to "test" color selections before going to final art. (When in his studio working on the finish, notice he moved the Sneyd signature logo slightly to the left of the plant.)

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All of Doug's preliminary pencil roughs for his full-page color Playboy cartoons - the first was published on p. 205 in the September 1964 issue - were done by hand.

This final pencil rough - image area: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 - is on heavy tracing vellum. Overlays (see upper right corner) are also common in Doug's work as are random notes - reference to Mrs. Doubtfire at the top - possibly from a radio or television program he was listening to while working in his third floor home studio overlooking Lake Couchiching in Orillia, which is 80 miles north of Toronto.

The cartoon was also reproduced on p. 187 in The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse Books in July 2011. The 248-page hardcover book, featuring 270 of Doug's full-page color cartoons, was a 2012 Eisner Award nominee in the Best Humor Publication category.

The full-page color cartoon was also reproduced on p. 84 in The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse Books in July 2011. The 248-page hardcover book, featuring 270 of Doug's Playboy cartoons, is also available in a softcover edition from:

Doug's color rough "tests" color selections before going to final art; typically he xeroxes the final pencil rough on 8 1/2 x 11 standard copy paper and then applies aniline dyes. (notice changes made in hair color and dress for both women and men)

After completing a series of hand-drawn preliminary pencil roughs, Doug typically xeroxes the final pencil rough and then applies aniline dyes for the color rough, which lets him "test" color selections before going to final art. (Notice minor color changes and the addition of details to the men's clothing from the color rough to the published cartoon.)

Doug did several more pencil preliminaries based on Hef's approved loose-style gag rough and then xeroxed a pencil rough for a color rough to "test" color selections before going to final art. Unlike most cartoon sequences, Doug decided to redraw the preliminary pencil sequence to focus more on the animals than on Noah's Ark.

After a second color rough, he decided to reduce Noah's Ark even more more and enlarge the animals.

He started a new preliminary pencil rough sequence, focusing primarily on the animals. The image area is 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 on heavy card stock.

The final pencil rough in the sequence (image area is 4 1/2 x 5 3/4) on heavy tracing vellum.

A memo from the cartoon department at the New York Playboy office, 730 Fifth Avenue from 2002 to 2009, notifies Doug of publication and adds comments on his finish: "This is a funny line and the animals are great."

UPCOMING EVENTS

Bio

Doug has been a cartoonist for Playboy magazine since 1964.
For nearly 20 years, starting in the mid-60's, his "Doug Sneyd" and "Scoops" news cartoons appeared daily in newspapers across North America. Sneyd's talent has also led him into cinema: in 1993, he wrote, produced and directed "Black-eyed Susan," an educational movie-drama about spousal abuse, for the Ontario government. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators and has been a member of the National Cartoonists' Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Thirty of his full-page color Playboy cartoons are among the 235 Sneyd works included in the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.
Sneyd was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but spent much of his professional career in Toronto. In 1969 he moved his family north to Orillia made famous as the mythical "Mariposa" by humorist Stephen Leacock. He works on the third floor of his home-studio overlooking beautiful Lake Couchiching and spends his winters on the Gulf Coast in Orange Beach, Alabama.